Fiji | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Fiji
Records
63
Source
Fiji | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 5.19407135
1961 5.04464697
1962 4.91204546
1963 4.79386863
1964 4.69206285
1965 4.63623002
1966 4.68077769
1967 4.68152042
1968 4.5999768
1969 4.54356013
1970 4.49695733
1971 4.4662398
1972 4.45032195
1973 4.43446356
1974 4.42664718
1975 4.43775643
1976 4.44498021
1977 4.45445638
1978 4.47128592
1979 4.498217
1980 4.53431968
1981 4.56246345
1982 4.58624509
1983 4.61270259
1984 4.64575004
1985 4.70028328
1986 4.81871822
1987 4.88781722
1988 4.86596172
1989 4.84455456
1990 4.81918145
1991 4.79473931
1992 4.77574498
1993 4.76311636
1994 4.75642739
1995 4.75686073
1996 4.76353717
1997 4.81940811
1998 4.9206228
1999 5.02858561
2000 5.14147615
2001 5.25871686
2002 5.37355473
2003 5.49526664
2004 5.63808403
2005 5.7901872
2006 5.95151417
2007 6.12392799
2008 6.26275696
2009 6.36693637
2010 6.48824934
2011 6.64255001
2012 6.82212343
2013 7.01474127
2014 7.21433351
2015 7.36138373
2016 7.4820445
2017 7.67129654
2018 7.91528393
2019 8.1925969
2020 8.48624159
2021 8.74791324
2022 9.00563283

Fiji | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Fiji
Records
63
Source